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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1919
Page
7
An advice column urges preventive care during cloudy weather and urges a house cleaning of health with Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Mrs. C. W. of Atchison cites a success story curing her son's skin eruption after one bottle.
Commuter Mr. Crosslets predicts airship progress to aid general passenger traffic while a second voice doubts a seatless craft. An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment and Soap to improve complexions and manage dandruff and itching. The Alternative humor caps the snippet with a wife and husband quarrel about shopping bills.
Mrs Murphy asks for mirrors that show her face, commanding the shopwalker to bring ones that reflect clearly. London Answers notes the preference for face-viewing panes.
An advertisement describes catarrh as an acute nasal condition and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine to build up the system and cleanse the blood. It claims the medicine acts through the blood on mucous surfaces and offers testimonials free with a $100 reward if it fails to cure. J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A dialogue notes astonishment at rumors that Germans hiss marching soldiers. Miss Cayenne agrees the claim shows the goose step has affected them, while one speaker suggests most are easily fooled except the other.
The first lot of poison gas developed by the American army for the 1919 spring drive was disposed of by dumping at sea near 60 to 100 miles from the coast. Mustard gas and chlorpicrin in shells and drums were shipped from Baltimore after being brought back from France.
Belgrade, capital of the Serbs Croats and Slovenes, is in shock after Bulgarian actions. The city faces filth shortage of water and fuel with no garbage collection and a strained river route. Tuberculosis runs high with deaths rising. population halved by war and occupation. High officials use scarce gasoline, water comes from wells, and rail links to interior Serbia are damaged.
Kansas City court records Earl Cadgue a Topeka Indian admitted declaring he could lick anybody on Main street. The judge called it a serious misstep and assessed a $25 fine.
New York report cites mortars on concrete emplacements in private city gardens along the Atlantic coast used to deter German naval or air attacks. Camouflage expert Maximilian Toch describes honey suckle ivy and painting used to diminish fortifications visibility with Secretary Daniel's consent.
The Daily Mail reports an agreement between Britain and France to build a Channel tunnel with an estimated five years to complete and costs around 100 million dollars due to higher labor and material prices. Plans include rail, telephone wires, telegraph lines, and pneumatic tubes. financing would involve rail companies and joint state oversight.
A Springfield jury must decide if a pint of war beer caused intoxication in a woman's injury action against a truck driver. The plaintiff claims the driver was drunk, seeking damages for her injuries.
An old advertisement urges parents to ask druggists for genuine California Syrup of Figs. It promises full dosing directions for babies and children and warns to look for the California name and reject imitators.
A London Mail report highlights widespread reluctance to entrust savings to banks in England. Stories from Yorkshire show fishermen with thousands in cash at home, a cottage purchase paid in gold, and a woman who kept two thousand half sovereigns in a handbag for decades, risky but cherished as safer than banks.
A comic dialogue contrasts a hostess and Miss Bigger with sharp sarcasm about conversation. The text notes a quip about proposing to elicit a single word and then pivots to a wry observation that a person with one idea can be worse than none and that gathering subscriptions is often the hardest lift, with few wanting the things asked for.
A newlywed couple argues about happiness as she powders her nose on a busy pavement. He pretends indifference, then turns away to gaze into piano shop windows to hide their moment from onlookers.
Colonel Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay, says World War I clarified his religious thinking. He notes a shift from a philosophy linked to dependence on vast powers to the doughboy’s view that religion means betting one’s life on God’s existence.
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